Fifty-eight-year-old William T. Thompson of Ruckersville made the plea Wednesday, April 13 in Albemarle Circuit Court, reports the Newsplex, noting that investigators foundan empty pint of Jack Daniels along with a receipt for the whiskey's purchase in Thompson's briefcase– and that investigators even obtained surveillance-camera video showing Thompson shopping for liquor on the morning of the crash.

Neumeister, 31, was a newlywed and an award-winning winemaker. Ironically, he had also been such a stickler for motorcycle safety, that– as Lisa Provence reported after his death– he once adorned a sharp curve on another wreck-marred road with safety reflectors.

The crash that took Neumeister's life occurred under clear skies around 2pm on October 4. The Newsplex reports that sentencing for the out-on-bail Thompson has been set for August 30.

2 comments

bill sucks April 13th, 2011 | 7:05pm

i cannot believe they are gonna let that remorseless jerk walk around till the end of august. what a disgrace! if you pull out a gun and shoot someone you go right to jail. if you get hammered and run someone over with your car you get to walk around for almost a year? i hope he gets the maximum sentence.

bill sucks April 13th, 2011 | 7:07pm

and they definately should not have dropped some of the charges!!!!!!!